ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established 1966
9150 Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810
(On the Corner of Highland Road and Gardere Lane)
St. Josephine Bakhita
For many years, Josephine Bakhita was a slave but her spirit was always free and eventually that spirit prevailed. Born in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, Josephine was kidnapped at the age of 7, sold into slavery and given the name Bakhita, which means fortunate. She was resold several mes, finally in 1883 to Callisto Legnani, Italian consul in Khartoum, Sudan. Two years later, he took Josephine to Italy and gave her to his friend Augusto Michieli. Bakhita became babysi er to Mimmina Michieli, whom she accompanied to Venice’s Ins tute of the Catechumens, run by the Canossian Sisters. Josephine felt drawn to the Catholic Church. She was bap zed and confirmed in 1890, taking the name Josephine. When the Michieli returned from Africa and wanted to take Mimmina and Josephine back with them, the future saint refused to go. During the ensuing court case, the Canossian Sisters and the patriarch of Venice intervened on Josephine’s behalf. The judge concluded that since slavery was illegal in Italy, she had actually been free since 1885. Josephine entered the Ins tute of St. Magdalene of Canossa in 1893 and made her profession three years later. The first steps toward her bea fica on began in 1959. She was bea fied in 1992 and canonized eight years later.
St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church FINANCIAL SUMMARY MID-YEAR REPORT July 1, 2020-December 31, 2020
ACCOUNT BALANCES LOAN BALANCES General Account: $ 251,937.11 Church Renovations: $ 1,020,652.43 General Savings: $ 720,511.21 Ministry Building: $ 2,323,677.66 Maintenance Savings: $ 481,288.39 Building Savings: $ 122,064.61
REVENUE
Church Support $ 926,737.57 Building Fund $ 129,171.00 Pastoral Programs $ 3,845.00 Interest on Investments $ 6,035.34 Sacramental Offerings $ 7,308.12 Other: Miscellaneous $ 1,552.00
TOTAL REVENUE $1,074,649.03
EXPENDITURES
Clergy, Rel. Lay Salaries, Benefits $306,054.69 Office/Communications/Rectory $ 34,623.79 Music, Liturgy $ 26,132.95 Administrative, Utilities, Phone $ 86,975.44 CF/Youth/RCIA $ 9,043.88 Ministries/Stewardship $ 8,197.11 Plant Operations, Maintenance, Improvements $ 64,011.11 Parish Share to Diocese $182,256.00 St. Jude School Subsidy $ 35,000.04 Loan Payments $270,000.00 Deposits to Savings $ 6,035.34
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $1,031,330.35
BALANCE TO SAVINGS $43,318.68
Charmaine Biossat, Director of Ministries, 225-766-2431 [email protected]
‘SOUPER BOWL’ OF CARING St. Vincent de Paul has a mission to fight hunger and help the underprivileged—and you can help.
Over 25 years ago on a Super Bowl Sunday, a single youth group was inspired to begin a movement to help the hungry and those in need. They started the ‘SOUPER BOWL OF CARING’, which is an interna onal movement that has raised millions for chari es across America.
The St. Jude parish St. Vincent de Paul Society will be sponsoring our own “SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY” Super Bowl weekend, February 6th & 7th. Please show your support of our efforts to feed and help the poor by dropping a dona on in our ‘soup cans’ before or a er mass, located at the church entrances. You may also send in a dona on to the church office, made payable to SVdP.
All proceeds benefit the St. Jude SVdP Society and ***remain in our parish***
Michaelyn McGinnis, [email protected] Dir. of ChrisƟan FormaƟon & Coordinator of Sacramental Record Keeping
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION, A BRIEF OVERVIEW:
The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God's Spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain his mission. Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of his bap sm by John. Jesus' en re mission occurred in communion with the Spirit. Before he died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the en re Church. A er his death, he was raised by the Father in the power of the Spirit. Confirma on deepens our bap smal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world. We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service. In the Sacrament of Confirma on, the bap zed person is "sealed with the gi of the Holy Spirit" and is strengthened for service to the Body of Christ. (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.)
ConfirmaƟon RegistraƟon Opens Monday Feb. 1st Visit our Website on the ConfirmaƟon Tab, Under Sacraments hƩp://www.stjudecatholic.org/content.cfm?id=1274
Completed Packets Due Friday, March 12th
Nathalie Bagwell, Director of CommunicaƟons 225-766-2431 [email protected]
Dear Parishioners,
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Monday: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 8:30 am Jane & Horace Hidalgo Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32] TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 5:30 pm Yvonne Guerin 17-18a; Mk 6:1-6 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11; 12:00 pm Russel Gremillion Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34 8:30 am For the People Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 8:30 am Communion Service
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 4:00 pm Russel Gremillion Wayne Jude Lemoine Joseph Territo, Sr. Leonard Culotta Claira & John Cadigan
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 8:00 am William G. Spence, Jr. 9:30 am Anthony Scardino 11:00 am Yvonne F. Thomas
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Church in Eastern Europe Special Appeal Sunday, February 7, 2021
The Diocese of Baton Rouge will once again support a special Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This collection supports the Church in more than 20 countries that still struggle to recover from Communist rule. Funds from this collection support pastoral care, catechesis, building renovations, and seminary formation. Your support restores the Church and builds the future in http://www.stjudecatholic.org/content.cfm?id=1242 this region. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this collection!
Culture of Life Reflections A Vocation View
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